In honor of the Summer Olympics of 2008, I give you:

DOLPHIN OLYMPICS 2!

Enjoy! picked by muppetmaker 1 year ago

They made this bad-boy for the Olympics, and apparently it is unreal.
"From the sky, the new airport terminal is designed to look like a Chinese dragon"
Things are getting NUTS in Beijing with everything they are building for the Olympics - very interesting article! picked by tdiggity 2 years ago

LONDON (Reuters) - More than 160 feral cats and kittens have been rescued from the site of the London 2012 Olympics as demolition work continues at a pace. picked by bevissimo 2 years ago

Follow along with the Olympics Vote. Please update the comments as needed. picked by JoshSF49 2 months ago

Two months from now the International Olympic Committee will name the host city of the 2016 Summer Olympics. If the decision were based solely on design, which candidate would win? picked by Bingo 4 months ago

A fascist regime plans to host the Olympic Games. Critics call for a boycott, but the Games come off as planned. And on the field of world opinion, the host scores an enormous victory. In 1936 , serious movements urging an outright boycott of the Berlin Games were mounted in the United States, Britain, France, Sweden, Czechoslovakia and the Netherlands. Adolf Hitler had come to power two years ... read full post picked by buddha 2 years ago

The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, similar to the US Blue Angels or Thunderbirds may be banned from participating in the 2012 Olympics to be held in England, because they are "too British and might offend some foreigner." picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Beijing has asked hotels and restaurants in the city to take dog meat off the menu for the duration of next month's Olympics and September's Paralympics. picked by deEPCHIll 1 year ago

Roger Mosey, the director of the BBC's 2012 Olympics operation, said the BBC was looking at using new technology to cover the sporting event.

'We could, and I believe should, capture some of the games in 3D,' he told the IBC technology conference in Amsterdam. picked by kakana 3 months ago

I've been thinking this might happen since the IOC announcement of China getting the Olympics. Now that trade, environment and currency devaluation are bubbling to the surface in the US I think we are one step closer.I see it as our last leverage against the monster who holds our debt, steals our secrets, pollutes, exploits, and destroys its own people and environment to feed our conspicuous con... read full post picked by blurmore 3 years ago

Chance of showers during the 2008 Beijing Olympics: 50 percent. But Chinese meteorologists have a plan to bring sunshine. picked by suebe 3 years ago

Darfur activist had visa taken away and now not allowed to participate in Olympics. picked by clscott645 1 year ago

with Google!

An amazing, streamlined interface that monitors...well, pretty much everything. picked by gratheo 1 year ago

Delivering a final presentation that was heavy on emotion and light on technical issues Friday morning, officials from Chicago’s bid to host the 2016 Olympics have only one thing left to do: wait. picked by ITC518 2 months ago

An extremely disturbing bunch of little hosed-up little webcomics. Most NSFW, Not Safe For Brain . . . hell, they're just not safe. I dare you to enjoy nightmare-free sleep after viewing the horrorshow that is Gilbert the horse-man of "Humanimals". picked by VooDooPeacock 2 years ago

Most people know that the Olympics started out in Ancient Greece, but did you know that back then the athletes competed in the nude? (Though technically, they could wear penis restraints - yes, you read that right). picked by maxriter 1 year ago

This can get pretty addicting. You can do all sorts of tricks! picked by Phildo 3 years ago

A cute little cartoon fish is one of the mascots for the Beijing Olympics. But this sick tourist trinket shows a shocking contempt for the creatures – with a live goldfish stuffed into a
tiny plastic bag on a keyring. picked by muppet 2 years ago

The 31-year-old had previously denied using performance-enhancing drugs ahead of the 2000 Sydney Olympics, where she won five medals - three of them gold. picked by Turtle 2 years ago

We're familiar with drug testing for athletes, but officials at the Beijing Olympics will be taking things one stage further and examining competitors whose sex is in doubt. And it is far from being a new problem, as Emine Saner discovers picked by funkfrost 1 year ago